diff --git a/.github/workflows/unified-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unified-tests.yml
index 85df171f..c2851804 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unified-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unified-tests.yml
@@ -36,76 +36,6 @@ jobs:
 
     env:
       PYTHONUNBUFFERED: "1"
-
-      # Session and embedding configuration
-      SESSION_OBSERVERS_LIMIT: ${{ vars.SESSION_OBSERVERS_LIMIT }}
-      EMBED_MESSAGES: ${{ vars.EMBED_MESSAGES }}
-      MAX_EMBEDDING_TOKENS: ${{ vars.MAX_EMBEDDING_TOKENS }}
-      MAX_EMBEDDING_TOKENS_PER_REQUEST: ${{ vars.MAX_EMBEDDING_TOKENS_PER_REQUEST }}
-
-      # Auth configuration
-      AUTH_USE_AUTH: ${{ vars.AUTH_USE_AUTH }}
-      SENTRY_ENABLED: ${{ vars.SENTRY_ENABLED }}
-      VECTOR_STORE_TYPE: ${{ vars.VECTOR_STORE_TYPE }}
-
-      # LLM API Keys (secrets)
-      LLM_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.LLM_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY }}
-      LLM_GEMINI_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.LLM_GEMINI_API_KEY }}
-      LLM_GROQ_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.LLM_GROQ_API_KEY }}
-      LLM_OPENAI_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.LLM_OPENAI_API_KEY }}
-      LLM_OPENAI_COMPATIBLE_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.LLM_OPENAI_COMPATIBLE_API_KEY }}
-      LLM_OPENAI_COMPATIBLE_BASE_URL: ${{ secrets.LLM_OPENAI_COMPATIBLE_BASE_URL }}
-      LLM_DEFAULT_MAX_TOKENS: ${{ vars.LLM_DEFAULT_MAX_TOKENS }}
-
-      # Deriver configuration
-      DERIVER_WORKERS: ${{ vars.DERIVER_WORKERS }}
-      DERIVER_POLLING_SLEEP_INTERVAL_SECONDS: ${{ vars.DERIVER_POLLING_SLEEP_INTERVAL_SECONDS }}
-      DERIVER_STALE_SESSION_TIMEOUT_MINUTES: ${{ vars.DERIVER_STALE_SESSION_TIMEOUT_MINUTES }}
-      DERIVER_PROVIDER: ${{ vars.DERIVER_PROVIDER }}
-      DERIVER_MODEL: ${{ vars.DERIVER_MODEL }}
-      DERIVER_MAX_OUTPUT_TOKENS: ${{ vars.DERIVER_MAX_OUTPUT_TOKENS }}
-      DERIVER_THINKING_BUDGET_TOKENS: ${{ vars.DERIVER_THINKING_BUDGET_TOKENS }}
-      DERIVER_WORKING_REPRESENTATION_MAX_OBSERVATIONS: ${{ vars.DERIVER_WORKING_REPRESENTATION_MAX_OBSERVATIONS }}
-      DERIVER_MAX_INPUT_TOKENS: ${{ vars.DERIVER_MAX_INPUT_TOKENS }}
-      DERIVER_REPRESENTATION_BATCH_MAX_TOKENS: ${{ vars.DERIVER_REPRESENTATION_BATCH_MAX_TOKENS }}
-      DERIVER_BACKUP_PROVIDER: ${{ vars.DERIVER_BACKUP_PROVIDER }}
-      DERIVER_BACKUP_MODEL: ${{ vars.DERIVER_BACKUP_MODEL }}
-
-      # Peer Card configuration
-      PEER_CARD_ENABLED: ${{ vars.PEER_CARD_ENABLED }}
-      PEER_CARD_PROVIDER: ${{ vars.PEER_CARD_PROVIDER }}
-      PEER_CARD_MODEL: ${{ vars.PEER_CARD_MODEL }}
-      PEER_CARD_MAX_OUTPUT_TOKENS: ${{ vars.PEER_CARD_MAX_OUTPUT_TOKENS }}
-      PEER_CARD_BACKUP_PROVIDER: ${{ vars.PEER_CARD_BACKUP_PROVIDER }}
-      PEER_CARD_BACKUP_MODEL: ${{ vars.PEER_CARD_BACKUP_MODEL }}
-
-      # Dialectic configuration
-      DIALECTIC_PROVIDER: ${{ vars.DIALECTIC_PROVIDER }}
-      DIALECTIC_MODEL: ${{ vars.DIALECTIC_MODEL }}
-      DIALECTIC_PERFORM_QUERY_GENERATION: ${{ vars.DIALECTIC_PERFORM_QUERY_GENERATION }}
-      DIALECTIC_MAX_OUTPUT_TOKENS: ${{ vars.DIALECTIC_MAX_OUTPUT_TOKENS }}
-      DIALECTIC_SEMANTIC_SEARCH_TOP_K: ${{ vars.DIALECTIC_SEMANTIC_SEARCH_TOP_K }}
-      DIALECTIC_SEMANTIC_SEARCH_MAX_DISTANCE: ${{ vars.DIALECTIC_SEMANTIC_SEARCH_MAX_DISTANCE }}
-      DIALECTIC_THINKING_BUDGET_TOKENS: ${{ vars.DIALECTIC_THINKING_BUDGET_TOKENS }}
-      DIALECTIC_BACKUP_PROVIDER: ${{ vars.DIALECTIC_BACKUP_PROVIDER }}
-      DIALECTIC_BACKUP_MODEL: ${{ vars.DIALECTIC_BACKUP_MODEL }}
-
-      # Summary configuration
-      SUMMARY_MESSAGES_PER_SHORT_SUMMARY: ${{ vars.SUMMARY_MESSAGES_PER_SHORT_SUMMARY }}
-      SUMMARY_MESSAGES_PER_LONG_SUMMARY: ${{ vars.SUMMARY_MESSAGES_PER_LONG_SUMMARY }}
-      SUMMARY_PROVIDER: ${{ vars.SUMMARY_PROVIDER }}
-      SUMMARY_MODEL: ${{ vars.SUMMARY_MODEL }}
-      SUMMARY_MAX_TOKENS_SHORT: ${{ vars.SUMMARY_MAX_TOKENS_SHORT }}
-      SUMMARY_MAX_TOKENS_LONG: ${{ vars.SUMMARY_MAX_TOKENS_LONG }}
-      SUMMARY_BACKUP_PROVIDER: ${{ vars.SUMMARY_BACKUP_PROVIDER }}
-      SUMMARY_BACKUP_MODEL: ${{ vars.SUMMARY_BACKUP_MODEL }}
-
-      # Dream configuration
-      DREAM_ENABLED: ${{ vars.DREAM_ENABLED }}
-
-      # Cache configuration
-      CACHE_ENABLED: ${{ vars.CACHE_ENABLED }}
-
       TEST_DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.TEST_DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
@@ -119,6 +49,13 @@ jobs:
           role-to-assume: arn:aws:iam::444554165670:role/GitHubActionsS3Role
           aws-region: us-east-1
 
+      - name: Fetch secrets from AWS Secrets Manager
+        uses: aws-actions/aws-secretsmanager-get-secrets@v2
+        with:
+          secret-ids: |
+            testing/unified/tests
+          parse-json-secrets: true
+
       - name: Verify Docker is available
         run: docker info